Heel for boots or shoes



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J. L. JOYCE.

HEEL FOR BOOTS OR SHOES.

No. 366,845. Patented July 19, 1887.

JOSEPH L. JOYCE, OF NE? HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

HEEL FOR BOOTS OR SHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,845, dated July19,1887.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH L. JOYCE, of New Haven, in the county of NewHaven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Heelsfor Boots or Shoes; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken inconnection with accompanying drawings and the letters of referencemarked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, andrepresent, in-

Figure 1, a perspective view of the heel complete, looking from theunder side and show ing the slits made to receive the fastenings; Fig.2, the same view of theheel, showing the fastenings inserted; Fig. 3, atransverse section through the heel, showing the fastenings insertedpreparatory to receiving the top lift;

Fig. 4, a transverse section through the fastening device, showing theheel complete; Fig. 5, a perspective view of one of the fastenersdetached; Fig. 6, a modification in the fastening device.

This invention relates to an improvement in the manufacture of heels forboots or shoes that is, to that class in which the heel is made as anarticle of manufacture, ready to be attached to the boot or shoe; andthe invention has for its object to provide the heel withfastening-spurs completely set in the heel, but projecting from theheel'seat, the said projections being adapted to be forced through theheel portion of the sole by pressure applied directly to the heelitself, and so that the spurs may be turned down upon the inner side ofthe sole, and thereby secure the heel to the boot or shoe.

The fastening device which I prefer in the manufacture of my improvedheel is that for which I have made application for Letters Patent,Serial No. 228,316. In Fig. 5 I illustrate one of the fastening devices.

The fastening device consists of a plate cut from sheet steel or othersuitable metal. This plate is in width less than the length of the heel,and in depth considerably greater than the depth of the heel. At one endthe plate A (see Fig. 5) is constructed with a series of points, a, moreor less in number, these points being produced by cutting deep notchesin the end of the plate, but preferably so as to (No model.)

leave the plate solid below the notches to a depth considerably lessthan the thickness of the heel. At the lower end the plate is bent atright angles, toform a flange, B. The edge of the flange is curvedcorresponding to the curvature of the side of the heel, and around theedge of the flange is a series of projecting spurs, 1), less in depththan the thickness of the cap to be applied to finish the heel.

In the preparation of the heel it is made up from lifts of leather, ormade from any suitable material and in any known manner, as seen inFig. 1. which represents the heel, cxcept the top lift. Through thisheel preferably two slits, d e, are made, beginning near the rear of theheel and diverging forward, as clearly seen in Fig. 1. These slits inwidth correspond to the width of the fastener, and so that the fastenersmay be driven through the heel, as seen in Fig. 3, bringing the flange Bflat upon the outer surface, the points a projecting from the heel-seatand the spurs Z) projecting from the outer side, and then onto the outerside the top lift E is applied and forced onto the spurs, as seen inFig. 4. This completes the heel ready for market.

To apply the heel to the boot or shoe, perforations are made through theheel portion of the sole corresponding to the spurs projecting from theheel-seat, then the heel is applied, the spurs entering the perforationsin the sole, and under pressure applied by a suitable press upon the capside of the heel, while the boot or shoe is held to .resist suchpressure, the heel is forced to place, driving the spurs through thesole, the spurs are then turned down upon the innersidc of the sole,andtheheel is secured.

In the manufacture of these heels the slits in the heel through whichthe fastening devices are driven will be in a standard or uniformposition, so that an instrument having punches corresponding to thepoints may be used for making the perforations in all the soles for astandard size of heels. Under this construction the heel is madecomplete and finished as an article of manufacture and carries with itthe devices by which it may be attached.

"While the fastening devices which I have described are specially andpeculiarly adapted to this manufacture of complete heels, otherfastening devices may be employed-as, for

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sponding perforation in the heel.

Instead of forming the fastening device with a web between the severalspurs, so as to require a corresponding-slit in the heel, the spurs maystart from the flange 13 direct, as indicated in broken lines, Fig. 5,without the intermediate web, in which case corresponding perforationswill be made through the heel. I therefore do not wish to beunderstoodas limiting my invention to one specific fastening device, itonly being essential to my invention that the fastening device shall bein the form of a body extending through the heel, its inner endprojecting from the heel-seat and terminating in a point shape, with aflange upon the outer end of the body at substantially right angles tothe body, and with a spur projecting from said flange as a means forsecuring the top lift.

I do not wish to be understood as claiming, broadly, a heel for boots orshoes possessing in itself instrumentality by which it may be secured tothe boot or shoe, as such, I am aware, broadly considered, is very old.

I claim- 1. As an improved article of manufacture,

a heel for boots or shoes having fastening devices extending through theheel proper, projecting from the heel-seat, and terminating insubstantial points for attachment to the boot or shoe, the saidfastening devices constructed with a flange at right angles to the bodyto lie upon the face of the heel proper, and the said flangesconstructed with projecting spurs to receive the top lift, substantiallyas described.

2. As an article of manufacture, a heel for boots or shoes having afastening device con sisting of the plate A, with points a extendingtherefrom, and constructed with a flange, B, having projecting spurs 1)around its edge, the said fastening device inserted through the heel,the points projecting upon the inner side, and the cap of the heel setupon the spurs and flange, substantially as described, the said pointsprojecting from the inside of the heel being adapted to be forcedthrough the heel portion of the sole and be turned down upon the innerside to secure the heel.

'Jos. L. JOYCE.

Witnesses: I

FRED C. EARLE, J. H. SHUMWAY.

